Gunnison

Snowpack

Brian Lazar · Jan 15, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

calm, sunny, and cool

Snowpack

generally fairly weak snowpack. Avg HS 60 below 10000 ft, otherwise around 1 m above 10000 ft but BTL. No real slab at low elevations. Snowpack pretty weak with thin but soft supportable midpack slabs 10-20cm thick above 10000 ft.. Near TL, Avg HS 125cm with stiffer slabs (1F) 10 to 20 cm thick. Most problematic elevation band due to combo of faceted weak layers and slabs stiff enough to propagate failures. ATL highly variable with drifts over 2 meters deep. Hard wind affected slabs over facets and lots of wind scoured bare ground.